CHAPTER XIV
Reign of Edward IV A.D. 1460 to A.D. 1483.
Edward IV. was proclaimed king on the 4th of March, 1460. A
parliament was held at Trim in 1465. Among the statutes there enacted
are the following: That English, and Irish speaking English, and living
with the English, shall be provided with an English bow and arrows, on
pain of two pence. That the Irish within the pale shall wear the English
habit, take English names, and swear allegiance, on pain of forfeiture
of goods. That there be a constable and butts in every town. Ireland was
much neglected by King Edward IV. He died on the 9th April, 1483.
("Spelling are as seen in the book")
CHAPTER XV
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